Pressure tube reactor
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Nuclear reactor in which the fuel elements are contained
within many tubes through which the coolant is circulated. This tube
arrangement is surrounded by the moderator. In the Canadian CANDU reactor
type, heavy water (D2O) is used as a coolant and moderator;
in the Russian RBMK reactor type, light water (H2O) is used
as coolant and graphite as a moderator.
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TopFuel 2012
2 - 6 Sept. 2012 in Manchester, UK
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